The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 2026
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 AM
10:00 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1277
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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March equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Spring begins in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.9° / 114.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 13m / 11.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.25° / 3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.07° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.44° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.